#ate

Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or more in London, and in the latter city they are merely tolerated because they do spend. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#city #due #fact #immensely #just

I do not see how a people that can find in its conscience any excuse whatever for slowly burning to death a human being, or for tolerating such an act, can be entrusted with the salvation of a race. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#any #being #burning #conscience #death

The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#being #classed #even #first #fought

But I was always a bit of a gypsy, anyway. I spent five years at Oklahoma State, five years at Miami and moved on after winning the national championship, and five years with the Cowboys. So, I was ready to move on. We won back-to-back Super Bowls, and I felt that I accomplished what I wanted to accomplish. ↗

— Jimmy Johnson

#accomplished #after #always #anyway #bit

It's unfortunate that you don't see the loyalty from management to players and players to management like we used to see in the old days. ↗

— Kevin Johnson

#like #loyalty #management #old #old days

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim." ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#across #afternoon #headline #i #morning

I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#american #democrat #freeman #i #i am

John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#country #danger #disease #few #hate

We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#age #become #century #complex #defenseless

Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#common #common faith #democratic #faith #freedom